CAR-TECH PRESTIGE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06451407 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 12.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£11.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 12.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £11,697
Cash YoY
+446%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£69k
↑ 446% YoY
Net Worth
£12k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£171k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £21.7k | £30.0k |
| Current assets | £171.2k | £140.6k |
| Cash | £68.7k | £12.6k |
| Debtors | £76.5k | £102.7k |
| Net assets | £11.7k | £9.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-12-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-12-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-06-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2014-04-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2007-12-12🏢Company incorporatedAs CAR-TECH PRESTIGE LIMITED
- 2007-12-12➕BERESFORD, Lucie appointedsecretary
- 2007-12-12➕BERESFORD, Lucie Jane appointeddirector
- 2007-12-12➕BERESFORD, Robert appointeddirector
- 2007-12-12➕KELLY, Sean Stephen, Dr appointedsecretary
- 2007-12-12➖KELLY, Sean Stephen, Dr resignedsecretary
- 2007-12-12➕CORPORATE LEGAL LTD appointedcorporate-director
- 2007-12-12➖CORPORATE LEGAL LTD resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Lucie Jane Beresford Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Robert Beresford Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170
Registered office
Unit 1c Bowden Place
Meadowfield Industrial Estate
Durham
DH7 8TB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
BERESFORD, Lucie Jane→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2007-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BERESFORD, Robert→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2007-12-12
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KELLY, Sean Stephen, Dr→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-12-12 · resigned 2007-12-12
CORPORATE LEGAL LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2007-12-12 · resigned 2007-12-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 02/04/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (58 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23